Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-05
the forthcoming Of the money to answer
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! the Judgment or the court.
Last Saturday evening j. K. Allison, OF
| IRWIN county, who owns one of the larg-
/ est turpentlne farms in the State, most
| OF which lies near the Ocmulgee river,
shot and mortally wounded Nathan Sapp
1 (colored). About three weeks 20 SGpp
let Allison's farm, owing him for some
clothing. The negro secured work at O..
j. TRtum's. Sunday Allison told SApp to
cross his hands. Sapp replied that he
| would 20 with him anywhere Just
as ne was, but that he would die
before he would allow anyone to tie him.
Allison drew a pistol and then picked up
billet of wood and struck at the negro's
head. Sapp caught the blow on his arm
and turned and fled. He had run but a
short distance when Allison fired and
Sapp fell. The bail struck him in the
back, about an inch and a half from the
backbone on the left side, just above the
waist band, and lodged under the skin In
front. DR.. FOgle extracted the ball and
seemed hopeful of the wounded mans
recovery up to Monday night. Tues
day morning at 3 O'clock the
negro died. Tuesday Justice Slater, act
ing coroner, summoned jury and pro-
ceeded to the scene Of the tragedy, four
and half miles north of Alapaha. After
examining six witnesses. all OF whom
were present when the shooting occurred,
the jury rendered verdict OF wllllul
murder. A warrant was issued for
Allison's arrest, and an officer left for
Irwin Tuesday evening TO endeavor
to apprehend him but failed.
Allison's place OF business is about
twenty-five miles from Alapaha, in
Irwin county. Tuesday morning, shortly
after tue news of oapp's death reached
Aiapahs, Eugene Oberdorter, representng
Epstein ~ Wannabacher, Savannah, left
Tor Irwin county and carried at least one
letter, and perhaps more, from that
place notifying Allison that Sapp was
dead. lie WAS 10 his horse lot when
ObeTdOrlePs team drove up, and the lei
ter or letters announced tie first news
OF the death OF his victim.
The grand jury OF Habersham county
present tue following: After very
careful examination of our Jail, and
after having received all the Information
rom other sources possible, we are
toi ced TO make some recon mendatOns
which TO US are painful We ind the
jail has been very improperly kept and
grossly neglected; We find that the pris-
Oners confined therein are treated in a
shameful and lnhuman manner. We
ind that no spIttoOns are provided:
that no buckets, or other vessels, are
provided with which TO carry away
the eXcrement aud filth as it accumu-
lates; we ind that the prisoners have
been exposed to, and live in a earfully
unhealthy atmosphere. and that their
health is impaired. or likely 20 be i'm
paired permanently by tnis disgracetu
state OF affairs. We find that the prison
ers have had constant Intercourse with
the outside world in such q way as to be
furnished with tools and weapons. We
believe the recent escapes from the lail
are due to gross Carelessness and negl-
gence on the part of the jailer. We
are informed that the Sheriff is now
allowed 900. a day board for each
prisoner. We also learn tnat the taller
receives of this amount Acc, and 20c.
goes to the Sheriff, This state of
things we are unable to understand. We
believe that 40c. day is enough TO
allow the jailer as board for each prison
er-we see no reason why the
Sheriff should receive 20c. a day
when he does not give it his per-
soual attention. We find that the
pumps and sewers about the jail
are not used as CONTEMPLATED bv the
builders; that some of thee pipes and fix
lures have been carried away by some
Zone and are not to be found. we recon-
mend that the Ordinary give this matter
mis- personal attention, ana see to it at
once: that the pumps and the sewers are
put in thorough and good repair, and that
| hereafter they may be used and kept in
| repair. We recommend that he insti-
| tute such proceedings as will bring back
the property taken from the jail. We
recommend that the iailer hereafter
see TO it that the prisoners in the
ali have no communication with per-
sons on the outside in such way as to
| be furnished with tools or weapons. We
also recommend that the jail be thorough
| ly overhauled, washed out and put in a
clearly and good sanitary condition, an d
| that If the present jailer win not keep it
| IN that condition, and will not feed the
prisoners for 40c. day, three sufficient
and wholesome meals a day, that he be
at once removed and another man put in
his place"